Nejat seems disapproving abouthis widower father Ali's choice of prostitute Yeter for a live-in girlfriend.But he grows fond of her when he discovers she sends money home to Turkeyfor her daughter's university studies. Yeter's sudden death distances fatherand son. Nejat travels to Istanbul to search for Yeter's daughter Ayten.Political activist Ayten has fled the Turkish police and is already inGermany. She is befriended by a young woman, Lotte, who invites rebelliousAyten to stay in her home, a gesture not particularly pleasing to her conservativemother Susanne. When Ayten is arrested and her asylum plea is denied, sheis deported and imprisoned in Turkey. Lotte travels to Turkey, where shegets caught up in the seemingly hopeless situation of freeing Ayten.